This piece was made a month or two ago for a Child's Play charity auction happening later this year.

The illustration represents the united forces of humanity, as well as the three main creative forces that have brought Halo to its audience: Ensemble (now Robot Entertainment) holds the left, Bungie guards the middle, and 343 Industries upon the right. 343i will be signing a full-size poster print of the art for the charity auction (hence the space at the bottom).

People I see in this pic:John, Jerome(?), Rookie, Buck, Jacob Keyes, Johnson, Catherine Halsey, Cortana, Miranda Halsey, one of the people from Onyx(Is it Kurt, or a S-III), and a few other unknown military personel

Welcome to Earth, motherfuckers. We like to play a game with those who decide to fuck with us. It's called "Go to Hell." The only bad part is that whoever plays with us likes it so much, to the extent that we don't ever get to actually play.